Yamato Kitagawa
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Yamato Kitagawa | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Biggest Traitor in Lucis History The Son to Inherit All |
| Born | 23 April 1990 York, Lucis, United Kingdom |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom  Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance (clandestine) |
| Service/ |  Lucis Army Geheimabteilung |
| Years of service | 2011 - 2018 2024 - 2025 (Imperial Service) 2025 - Present |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Task Force 141 |
| Battles/wars | Imperial Crisis Eurasianna War |
| Awards | Military Medal Legion of St. Georgius King's Volunteer Reserves Medal King's Commendation for Valuable Service Badge of Honor National Medal |
| Relations | Angus MacDonald (godfather and mentor) Karl Kretschmann (godfather and mentor Kiriya Kitagawa (father) Caroline Redfield-Kitagawa (mother) Naoto Kitagawa (younger brother) Yukari Kitagawa (younger sister) Katsuragi Kitagawa (younger sister) Emmerich Grünewald (friend and contact) |
Yamato Kitagawa (23 April 1990) is a Lucis Army field officer and formerly, a clandestine officer in the Imperial Army. He is the eldest son of Kiriya Kitagawa.
Kiriya loved Yamato and wanted him to take over command of Task Force 141 but Kiriya was disappointed and at Yamato's over-aggressive tactics and near suicidal orders causing him to relieve the command of the 5th Regiment. This made the latter hate his own father for it and plotted against him as early as late 2017. It was Yamato who also plotted the Incident at Samcheok that caused confusion within the base and his father immediately took control of the situation. This incident earned him the nickname The Biggest Traitor in Lucis History. Currently, Yamato is imprisoned at the lonely island of St. Frederika, dishonored and out of spirits.
He was reinstated after he reunited with his father and eventually became the one of the leading commanders in Task Force 141.
Early Life
Military Career
Imperial Crisis
Falling out of favor and Jealousy against Naoto
As early as late November 2016, Kiriya had been sending Naoto to the frontlines than Yamato, who he had tasked with saying in defence duty. His impatience caused him to believe that Kiriya had favored Naoto over him, causing him to be jealous of his younger brother. Yamato tried to wound his own brother but failed and immediately tried to pretend that he had taken no part of it. This jealousy would last until his imprisonment.
During an operation in May 2017, Yamato rendezvous'd with Richard's team to provide support as well as help in the gathering of intelligence. Things went so well until they were extracted. Yamato immediately ordered Richard to prime the explosives to set the facility ablaze. Knowing that the explosion would harm them, Richard refused for their sake and Yamato tried to force Richard but failed. The two exchanged a short blows until Yamato got on top of him and primed the explosives himself, nearly killing the whole team and their extraction. Richard immediately scolded Yamato for his impatience and the two had a heated exchange until Alice Janggok and Junichi Samegawa stopped the two. Kiriya immediately called the two and demanded an explanation. He knew that Richard was following his orders safely as well as Yamato but did not care for the safety of others and himself. He sided with Richard's patience to prime the explosives from a distance, causing Yamato to tackle Richard. Kiriya raised his voice to cease the fighting and ordered Richard and the others to leave them in peace. Kiriya then stripped Yamato of his command of the 5th Regiment and Yamato began to doubt his own father whether if he loved him or not. Kiriya refused to put a harm on his own son and said that he never favored between him or Naoto. Yamato rebuked his father and said that he was lying before walking out.
Plotting to kill his own father
In late May 2017, Yamato attended the Workers' Community Conference in Southern Quenmin to join the socialist ranks and plot to betray his own father as well as his own 'former friends'. The high commissar agreed to Yamato's plans and that he immediately revealed many weakpoints as well as hoping for a Socialist Quenmin invading the Zanarkian continent. The socialists also agreed to support an uprising in the Lucis Isles to install a radical communist government with Yamato as its head. He also plotted with the Imperials thru Emmerich Grunnewald, who also became his close friend to kill his own father and brother. Yamato also became the reason for the deaths of several Task Force members including Austin Hoang, Jonathan Vo and others. He had also been working with Clarabelle Dinh, who met her end two months later at the hands of Darzana.
From June 2017 to March 2018, Yamato attempted to assassinate his father and follow the plans of the Asianna nations to blame the Commonwealth for its failures but all of it backfired thanks to the suspicion of Darzana Magbaredge and his own brother, Naoto Kitagawa.
Endgame and Imprisonment
By March 2018, Yamato decided that it was time for him to 'take over'. On the night of the 10th of March, He staged a mutiny within Samcheok with the support of the Communists and Imperials. For three hours, He held several ATS personnel as hostage and demanded a ransom of one hundred million gil as well as handing his own father for him to end his life. Kiriya immediately reacted by raiding the building where the ATS personnel were kept hostage and chasing Yamato until they got to the army barracks where Yamato had set up his quarters. Kiriya went after Yamato, who had already gone berserk and killed even his own troops. When the two met, a long minute gun battle between the two collided. Kiriya was then knocked out and as Yamato was about to kill him, Caroline came and screamed towards his son to stop. The sight of Caroline attracted him to point his gun at her but the sight of his mother moved Yamato to tears as he couldn't bear to kill her. Kiriya immediately grabbed the opportunity and got on top of Yamato and restrained him. The situation was under control by 5:45.
Yamato was brought to a military trial at a military tribunal and found guilty of high treason and was sentenced to death by a Lucian Court. However, Kiriya, using his influenced reduced the sentence to life imprisonment at the lonely island of St. Fredericka with only one guard and two chefs for company. He also barred Yamato from going outside his prison and was only given a cell with a bed, table, chair and a seperate room for the bathroom. Kiriya refused to heed a death sentence because of him considering Yamato to be his son. For the next 7 Years, He argued with his jailors and was kept secluded in low spirits and in full regret.
Eurasianna War
Regret and Reuniting
Yamato, sporting a longer hair and mustache was rescued by the Imperial troops and bought over to the Imperial lands to recruit them into their ranks. At this time, Yamato was still regretting over what he had done and wanted to see his own father to apologize and be reconsidered again. On June 2025, He escaped to Lucis under the guise of Georg Wittelmann, an Imperial refugee rescued by the Gneisenau Circle. He tried to find his family from July 2025 to November 2025. Eventually, He got a chance when he got himself re-recruited to the Lucis Armed Forces. He immediately set to go to Bai Bien Ngao to find his family. When he got there, He saw his old Task Force 141 and 142 comrades. No one recognized him at first. He sought audience from Kiriya and was eventually granted. He tested to see if his father missed him and it was proven when he wanted to visit Yamato to his prison and set him free. On the eve of the 24th of December, As Kiriya was about to set out with his family to St. Fredericka, Yamato sought audience for one last time and revealed himself to be Yamato, his eldest son. When he did prove it, The two went up in tears and embraced each other as well as embracing his mother, brother and sisters. This finally buried the hatchet of Yamato's hatred for his father for more than eight year. Yamato was eventually reinstated as Field Commander and mended his relationships with his old comrades, including Richard.
Personal Life
As a child, Yamato loved his parents but was jealous of Naoto due to him getting all the attention as a child but the brothers soon reconciled until 2017. He liked her younger sister, Yukari but did not care for Katsuragi much. He was also arrogant and rather overconfident.
Yamato was described as an overly aggressive attacker who issues near suicidal orders, resulting him into relieving of command in late 2017. This caused anger against his own mother. His sister Yukari told him not to stab his own family in the back but he told her that he had no choice. Incidents in late 2017 to early 2018 contributed to his clandestine activities with the Imperials, who, coincidentally, had his father raise suspicion.
After the mutiny he staged within Samcheok, His father refused to heed a death sentence and had him imprisoned for a life time at the lonely island of St. Frederika, 50 miles away from Altissia. Here, He argued with his jailor throughout.
After he reunited with his father, Yamato became more selfless, kind and caring like his brother and became the figure of what his father had been. Kiriya personally promoted him to Major General and finally gave his command of TF 141 and 142 by 2029.